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yI J- YATES, Editor ot norwuw
85 ( ARLOTTE,lVC
ftosfcyMggfgfr May I9 1857
::"FTOll CONGRESS,
HO. BlRTO. CRAICJE,
OF ROWAN COL'NTY.
a il ' I L' 1 . tm f. il..l-v-.r tnn All-
pjj. UArvo, - -
it the celebration on Wednesday, ar
on the Monday evening train, and
!L greeted at the depot by a large con
rsfl ..f our citizens. Gen. J. A. Young
' Iressed bhn helialf of the citizens, ex
rto him a cordial welcome, and al
, ,i i complimentary terms to the ef-
ed :
made by the reverend and distinguish
: . ntiemmii to preserve the history of the
rd Sorth State
He was then escorted to
.i-l-"!o'"o3'
,,nV. BRAGG, we are gratified to state,
il arrive in Charlotte on fuesduy eve
for the purpose of participating in
JUtb f MJ celebration.
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SUPERIOR COURT.
Tke Spring Term of the Superior Court
far tftM count? was held last we.;k Judge
r.,idincr. and Wm. Lander, fcsq.,
..l'i-itir.
The only capital case tried was that of
S in, the property of a Mr Sloan, tor killing
a f. llow negro the former 15 stmt the lax-
t r IS vears old. He was convict, u in
man slaughter and sentenced to receive 39
1,,-hcs md he sent out of the State.
Mark Brewer, a white man, was tried and
convicted ' tw'" cas( S- IIe was
n ..teneeu to stand in the pillory one hour,
KCrive JO !a-hes, remain in Jail six months,
and then receive the MM punishment again.
Brewer M ma old offender, and deserves the
, v, re punishment indicted. We h am that
it l a- n"t been Umg since he was whipped
hi Moore or Montgomery county.
.b.hu Mitchell was convicted of horse
rfoalinfi and punched with 39 lashes.
m i...i.r.. ! or.1cr. ii an extra term of
1 ,il ,r u,..
the Court to be held on the first Monday in
JullC.
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DESTRUCTIVE HAIL STORM.
We leara that a most disastrous storm
of bail and wind visited portions of this
county on Thursday evening last, the 1 4th.
I. ik rmmtrv south-west of Charlotte we
are informed that the wheat, cotton and
earn,
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has been entirely destroyed. In
localities Stone fi ll nearly the size
of ben -eggs, killing clrckens, pigs, iVc
Tbe wind did considerable damage to
fence and houses. One gentleman inform -,
,1 us that in some places, where the wind
drifted it, the hail was a foot deep on the
gUHHMl.
The prospects of some of our farmers
are by no means cheering. The backward
reason bad a vary injurious effect on the
ei ps, and now the hail has again blasted
the expectations of the planter.
ItAttK ltrr.M . We b am that the barn
o;' Mr A. B. Springs, near Fort Mills. S. C.
was -truck by lightning OK Thursday even
ing the Nth inst.. setting it On fire and
consuming the building, together with a
quantity of wheat (about 100 bushels), fod
der. hT, a fine carriage. &e.
W The citizens of Charlotte have raised
a otfl in public square, 127 feet high,
from which floats a beautiful flag made by
the ladies.
r'The Petersburg Express is informed
that we did not go out of our way to "im-
i the voracity" of one of its North Car
I'U
olina correspondents. One of its correspon
dents made a statement that we had the
best authority for pronouncing an error.
The Editor of the Express thinks his cor
pondents incapable of wilfully deceiving the
readers of that paper. bat may be tlie
c;,se we expressed no opinion am that
point in the article to which the Express
t ikes exceptions. We look upon the Ex
press as being one of the best papers in
irginia, OUT. we "III say i v.
the risk of having the information consider
ed gratuitous) that his correspondents in
this State write about some mutters which
weald be as well to leave unmeiitioiied and
uupuhli.-hcd.
, . -..mi v. i;t..,- I nt
11T We see it stated that the Salisbury
Herald has named Victor C. Barringer, Esq.
Know-Xotbing Whig of Cabarrus, as a pro
per person to run in opposition to Hon.
B. Craure, in this District.
The Col- '
IlXXESS OF JtJDOB BLTLF.R
unihia South Carolinian of the 15th inst.,
;iv s :
"By a private letter from Edgefield, we
learn with the deepest rcuret the serious
illness of our highly respected and esteemed
w' . , ,"i . 1 1. ....turn
cenuior, juutre miner, omec
ivl i:JlL. .... u k.. invalid.
exhausted, constantly sick, and daily grow-
in; wone, and from our present accounts
we much tear that his useful lite is drawing
to a close.'
tlsr We acknowledge the reception of a
very polite invitation from the Committee
of tbe LaFayette Light Infantry Com
pany, to be present in Fayettev ille at their
Anniversary occasion on the 20th of May.
The celebration at this place, of course.
will prevent our attendance. We are
pleased to learn that this. fine Company has
adopted the 2Uth of May as the time for its
annual festivals. In addition to target
exercises, the Company intend having the
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
read ly John Baker. Jr., Esq.. and an
oration delivered by Taos. C Fuller, Esq.
We were visited on the evening of the
17th (Sunday) with another heavy storm
ot rain and wind. The weather is still cloudy
and threatening.
fy The Spring Distribution of the Com
mon School Fund, as published by the Lit
erarv lioard, allows Mecklenburg county
14tl6&3; Anso $V2$0 72, Ashe$lU24 68;
Gaston 8867 36; Iredell $1567 44; Lincoln
SSJU 88; Uuiou $1110 96. We will pub
lish the whole table next week.
MECKLENBURG DECLARATION
OF
INDEPENDENCE.
To-morrow being the eighty-second An
niversary of the Mecklenburg Declaration
of Independence, and as the people of Char
lotte and of Mecklenburg county, together
with their fellow citizens of North Carolina
i j - - c , . I- i
and adjoining States, are now assembling
for the purpose of participating in the cele
bration of the day, we publish below a copy
of the Resolutions adopted in the town of
Charlotte on Friday the 20th day of May,
1775, with the names of the signers attach
RESOLUTIONS,
Read by Colonel Thomas Polk.
Resolved, That whosoever directly or in
directly abetted, or in any way, form or
manner, countenanced the unchartered and
dangerous invasion of our rights, as claimed i
by Great Britain, is an enemy to this coun- I
trv, to America, and to the inherent and !
inalienable rights of man.
Resolved, That we, tbe citizens of Meck
lenburg county, do hereby dissolve the
political bands which have connected us to
the mother country, and hereby absolve
ourselves from all allegiance to the British
crown, and abjure all political connection,
contract, or association with that nation,
who have wantonly trampled on our right
and liberties, and inhumanly died the blood
of American patriots at Lexington.
Resolved, That we do hereby declare
ourselves a free and independent people,
are, and of right ought to be, a sovereign
and self-governing association, under the
control of no power other than that of our
God and the general government of the
Congress ; to the maintenance of which
independence, we solemnly pledge to each
other our mutual co-operation, our lives,
our fortunes, and our most sacred honor.
Rtsolved. That as we now acknowledge
the existence and control of no law or legal
officer, civil or military, within this county,
we do hereby ordain and adopt, as a rule of
life, all and every of our former laws,
wherein, nevertheless, the crown of Great
Britain never can be considered as holding
rights, privileges, immunities or authorities
therein.
Resolved, That it is further decreed, that
all, each and every military officer in this
county, is hereby" reinstated in his former
command and authority, he acting conform
ably to these regulations. And that every
member present, of this delegation, shall
henceforth be a civil officer, viz : a Justice
of the Peace, in the character of a "Co?n-mittee-man,r'
to issue process, hear and de
termine all matters of controversy, accord
in" to said adopted laws, and to preserve
peace, union, and harmony in said county;
and to use every exertion to spread the love
f country and fire of freedom throughout
America, until a more general and organ
ized Government be established in this pro-
vince.
ABRAHAM ALEX AN 1 ER,
JOHN McKNlTT ALEXANDER,
EPHRA1M BREVARD,
HEZEKIAH J. BLACK,
JOHN PHI FEB,
JAMES HARRIS,
WILLIAM KENX0N,
JOHN FORD,
RICHARD BARRY,
HENRY DOWNS,
EZRA ALEXANDER,
WILLIAM GRAHAM,
JOHN QUEARY,
1 1 EZ K K I A H ALEX AN DEB,
ADAM ALEXANDER,
CHARLES ALEXANDER,
ZACCHEUS WILSON.
WAIGHT ST ILL AVERY,
BENJAMIN PATTON.
MATTHEW McCLURE,
NEIL MORISON,
ROBERT IRV1N.
JOHN EL EN NAG IN,
DAVID REESE.
JOHN DAVIDSON,
RICHARD HARRIS,
THOMAS POLK.
PROGRAMME.
the Celebration of the 20th of May,
1857, in Charlotte, N. C.
F r
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sex.
i:j t Juns at Sun-rise .J! isuns at onu-wi.
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At ID o'clock, A. M., a Procession will
form on Tryon Street, in Double File, the
right opposite the Mansion House, in
following order, viz:
The Charlotte Saxe-IIorn Band.
Sons of Tempe ranee.
Citizens and Strangers.
Committees.
Clergy.
Invited Guests.
Soldiers of the War of 1812.
Soldiers of the War with Mexico.
Members of Congress.
Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts.
Governors and kx-ljovernors oi dhws.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Vice Presidents.
President, Orator, Reader and Chaplain.
1 lO-
whole will inarch in this order to the
, ,
Presbyterian Church Grove, and upon ar
rival there tbe procession will halt, open
ordori alu approach the stand by the near
advancing between the lines.
The following will then be the order ot
proceedings at the Grove, viz:
Music by the Hand,
Prayer by the Chaplain:
Rev. D. Lacy, D. D.,
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
Read by J. W. OSBORNE, ESQ..
Music by the Hand,
Oration by
FRANCIS L. HAWKS, D. D .L.L. D.,
Music by the Hand,
Benediction.
Tho further proceedings of the day will
then be announced from the stand.
JNO. A. YOUNG, Marshal.
Foreign News. The steamer Asia ar
rived at New York on the 15th inst., with
Liverpool dates to the 2d. Cotton was an
eighth lower.
m
f3T We seo it stated that Maj. Ben. Mc
Culloch has accepted the Governorship of
Utah Territory.
iy Col. Fayette McMullen, of Virgin
ia, has been appointed Governor of Wash
ington Territory.
SOUTHERN POLICY.
We notice that several of our exchanges
in the Southern States are discussing the
subject of the Rights of the South, her
present condition and future prospects.
Those able papers, the Charleston Mercury
and the Richmond South, discuss the sub
ject with ability, and display much good
sense in the well-written articles which ap-
r
pear in their columns from week to week.
But with all due respect for their judg-
ment, we question the policy of such dis- I
cussions at this time. Last year the coun
try was agitated, from centre to circumfer
ence, with the momentous question of slave
ry and southern rights; and after the elec
tion of Mr Buchanan to the Presidency,
and the triumph of the democratic party,
whose principles have ever tended ' towards
an acknowledgment of the rigiits of the
Southern States, we had entertained the
hope that the matter would be allowed to
rest for a while at least. It is generally
acknowledged that Mr Buchanan's election
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was a triumph of the great principles of
equal rights and equal privileges, and that
in him the South had a friend who would
advocate and sustain her claims to justice.
And as this triumph looked toward the
establishment of peace, by allaying the
strife of contending political elements,
would it not be better to wait until the
supposed danger assumes a form that would
justify the re-agitation of the question as
to the best means of defence and protection?
With the President on our side, and the
co-operation of the U. S. Senate, and. as
we fondly hope, the influence of the next
House of Representatives, we think the
South has nothing to fear from fanaticism.
One of the main objects of the North is
to keep the country agitated with the ques
tion of negro slavery, for it is only in this
way that breath can be kept in the nostrils
of fanaticism. Without something to ex
cite the masses, (he people in that quarter
would lose sight of a matter that does not
in the least interfere with their welfare.
Many southerners prefer to have the
subject dropped for a while by our presses,
in order to see what effect it will have on
northern sentiment.
DISTRIB UTION.
The elections in Virginia occur on the 23th
instant. In that State, as in this, the oppo
nents of democracy are harping upon the
distribution question, and are endeavoring
to rally the people against the democratic
candidates with their old stories of the
benefits that would follow a distribution of
the public lands among the States. There,
as here, the followers of '-Sam" have lost
sio-ht of everything else save the idea of j
appropriating the property of the General collect it. If negotiated to a private indr
, r .u o4. n idn&1 wear miebt pass before they knew
Government to the use of the State Gov- Y fTe it was presented for
ernments. No gloomy visions of "foreign enti nor oould they, until it was pre-
inflnence" seem now to haunt their fruitful j se;iU.j for payment, know certainly that it
imaginations
no terrors of Popish rule
disturb their daily meditations or interrupt
their nightly slumbers their consciences
are at rest on these points, (made so, how
ever, by the verdict of the people against
their electioneering echomoh) no quota
tions are made now from Washington's
Farewell Address. These things have all
been tried in vain by our opposition friends,
and consequently abandoned as insufficient
to gain the support of the people for the
agitators of these questions. But with
them,
"Hope springs eternal in the human breast,"
and now, Saul-like, in the hour of their
extremity, they seek to bring up from the
shades of death the oft-slain body of dis
tribution, that, perchance, it may guide
them to place and power.
The arguments against the constitntion
alitv and expediency of distribution remain
unanswered, and, indeed, are unanswerable.
Withdraw the sources of revenue, or the
revenue itself, from the hands of the Gen
eral Government, and dispose of it to the
States, and we at once lay a foundation for
the wildest extravagance on the part of the
latter, and encourage the passage of op
pressive revenue laws by the former. The
whole scheme only tends to an augmenta-
! tion of the tariff, which every one knows
i . ... .,
will operate to tbe, great injury ot tne
; -- - Ba,n
question, we invite tnem xo u ssuuwmg i
what each State would get if a distribution
bill was passed b Congress. We ask them
to inform the people of North Carolina
what their share, would be compared with
that of the abolition States of the North
and Northwest. Let the people know that
New York, for instance, would get three
times as much as North Carolina, and they
will very soon see that the former State
would thus be afforded the greater means
of making war on tho institutions of the
latter. The people of the South ought to
., .1 : ..f
be the last to advocate distribution, in view
oi me itit Lin ... - -
.1 e..t- k. oho punnnt receive anv
nermanent benefit through such a measure.
i
American Tract Society and Slavery.
: NEW YORK, May 13. ISO nnniversaiy
meeting of the American Tract Society j presam4 wju faii . tiie ess eclat and diffu
was held this morning. A report from the j sioQ f(jr Qur domestic dissensions, the bet
investigating committee, as to the Society's ; tpr jr gumnPr as left his card at the
refusal to publish tracts against slavery, hotel ()f tne Minister, Mr Mason ; the latter
was read by Judge Jessup. The -(Port ' caused his card to be left at the lodgings
asserts that while the political aspects of j of the genator. This, I believe, is all that
slavery are clearly beyond the ftociexj
province, those of a moral nature
wnicn
t i
grow out of the existence of slavery, do fall
within their province, and ought to be dis
cussed. The report was unanimously adopt
ed. Backing Down. Mr. Wm. J. Wilson
requests the Herald of Truth to say that
he withdraws from the canvass for Con
gress in view of the call which has been
made for a Convention to nominate a can
didate. Asheville yews.
From Mexico. New Orleans, May 13.
City of Mexico dates to the 29th have beeu
received. The Sonora fillibuster expedi
tion had created some excitement, and some
four thousand troops had been sent against
it. It was reported that the fillibusters had
captured several poiuts.
The difficulties between Spain and Mex
ico are said to be settled.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
Among the Reports of the law cases de
cided at the late term of the N. C. Supreme
Court, we find the following decision, which
the Fayettevillo Observer publishes and
prefaces with an explanation :
The case is that of Dewey vs. Cochran,
in which a note negotiable at the Branch
of the Bank of the State at Charlotte, paya
ble to its Cashier, T. W. Dewey, in the usual
pnnxeu rorni, oui uov um-u .v . m ,
c ' - i
a e i a. x: . .1 .1 r-i aa 4kn
amount, was offered to th
I'resiueiu or me i
Bank for discount, and by him rejected ;
ers of the note, took it to Charleston, with
n uvirupuu uiv '
t , . on I ll ifi I I Ann HPfr'.IlS. Llie II 111 hi -
out the knowledge or consent of the sureties,
and filled it up with the sum of $927, and
passed it to Farrr & Brothers, in payment J
. . - . . i . , i
of a debt due by the tormer to me iuer.
The note was sent to Mr. Dewey, the cashier,
for collection, and protested for non-payment.
Suit was brought by Farrar ic Broth
ers, in the name of Mr. Dewey, and judg
ment recovered in the County Court, from
which Cochran, one of the securities, ap
pealed. In the Superior Court, Judge
Bailey directed a nonsuit, from which the
plaintiff appealed.
The case was anrued bv Osborne and
Boyden for the plaintiff, and by Wilson for
the defendant.
Chief Justice Nash delivered the opinion
of the Court, affirming the nonsuit.
"The sureties bound themselves, (says
the Chief Justice,) to pay Lo Thomas Dewey
or his order, the sum mentioned in the note.
To the validity of every contract it is es
sential that it receive the assent of the par
ties, to be bound either as payers or per
formers. Parsons on Contracts. 3SID. In
this case it is not pentend'-d that Thomas
Dewey ever accepted the note. On the
contrary, the bank, through its president,
and whose officer Mr. Dewey was, refused
to receive the note. There is then, no con
tract between Mr. Dewey and the defendant.
Mr. Dewey has not the legal title to the
note. But the action is brought not for
the benefit of Mr. Dewey or the bank, but
for the use and benefit of Farrar & Broth
ers, to whom it was assinged by H agios.
Did they, by this agreement, acquire such
an interest in the note as to enable them to
bring this action in the name of Thomas
Dewey, the orignal payee 1 We think they
did not. The note in question is made
payable and negotiable at the branch of the
bank of the State, at Charlotte. What is
the meaning of the word negotiable ? It is
admitted that the note is in the usual form
of such instruments. Put into plain Eng
lish, the word negotiable means that the
money is to be borrowed from the bank de
signated. The sureties bound themseles
that if the bank would discount the note,
they would pay it at maturity ; but they do
not promise to pay any other holder of the
note who does not claim through the bank.
Many reasons migbt exist why they would
be willing to incur that responsibility when
they would not be willing to incur it with
a private individual. If the note was dis
counted at the bank, they knew that after
ninety days, they could take up the obliga
tion or refuse to prolong their responsibility
I !nUn, in 1-1'llPWal of the note, and
tnn tjK bank might, and would, proceed to
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was outstanding ; wnereas, u u. t..c
ho would know where to go, uu uo eo.u.u,
nfturmntiirit v. ascertain whether
ill, .11 nmv j
it had been taken up and discharged by his
principal, and, if not, be enabled to secure
himself. It never was intenaeu oy me ue
fendnnt that the note should be thrown into
market in any other way than as pointed
out in his contract. The principle control
ling the case is fully stated in Respass v.
Latham, Bus. Rep. 13S. That was an ac
tion of debt upon a sealed instrument, whicu
was payable to Mrs. Parker. When pre
sented to her. she refused to lend the money
upon it, and it was returnad to the ob
ligors. Subsequently one of the obligors,
and for whose use the money to be raised
was intended, induced the payee to endorse
it without recourse, and the money was ad
vanced upon it by the plaintiff. The Court
Bay, "The instrument, in its original con
coction, was not intended by the defendants
to be thrown into market to raise funds from
any one who would advance them, but from
a specified individual, and that person re
fusing to lend money upon it, it must be
shown that the defendants agreed to the
new intent, that is, becoming bound to Res
pass, which does not appear."
"In our case, the source from which the
wns to be borrowed is specified in
the instrument, to wit, the Inane Dana or
!. ;..Jtr..r..f.iit. in wit. tho branch bank of
the State, at Charlotte ; ami the bank nav-
ing refused to discount it, the note, as to
the defendant, the surety, died, and could
not be revived by a transfer to Farrar &
Brothers without his assent. Of all this the
beneficial owners were apprised from the
ktJH. nntP. At anv rate, the iacx
that Mr. Dewey, the original payee, a.-,
cashier of the bank, had not endorsed it,
taken in connection with the tenor of the
note, was sufficient to put them on the en
quiry.
Senator Sumner in Paris. Mr Walsh,
tho Paris Correspondent of the N.Y. Jour-
al of Commerce, in bis letter of April Gth,
rg .
s s
a fortnight or more. I have seen him only
once, and then he was pressing with a quick
stride, on the Hue dc Rivolj. English gen-
tlemen who have been seated near hiin at
the Galignani Reading-Room, mention to
me
that they were struck oy n.s
athletic frame, they couia aisco u
e ni.imaith. o mnv anticipate, a
ti.a ui ixi ui-ui.u. . - j
comPlete recovery. No F
i -
his presence has yet appeared to mv kuovm-
- -
edre
There is an attempt to get up
: American diuner for him,
which we may
hag pa,ssed between them.
Filibustering Don't Pay. That fil
libustering in the United States is not a
good investment upon the capital paid in,
and the passion and sentiment expended, is
proved by the fact that while Americans
have never yet undertaken a national war
that has failed, they have never undertaken
a marauding expedition that has succeeded.
The "Albany Journal" gives the following
as proof :
"McKenzie's 'Patriot War' in Canada
failed, and its victims were transported or
shot. Lopez's foray in Cuba failed, and
he perished by the garrote. The Sonora
expedition failed, and the bones of its de
luded members are bleaching on the Plains.
The Nicaragua expedition has failed ut last,
also. Walker is cooped up and starving,
while his men are begging their way back
home, through New York and New Oleaus."
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
New Yobk, May 13.- The steamer
George Law, from Aspinwall, arrived to
day, bringing later news from California,
and $1,700,000 in treasure.
In the Isthmus papers .there is nothing
later from Nicaragua.
The Governor of Panama has issued a
proclamation prohibiting the entry into
Panama of adventurers who have taken or
r.,-l a mar
mtonii. - c to tnke nnrt in the t.entral Ainer-
.--- r
ican war.
In the California Legislature the Judicia
ry Committee had reported a bill preventing
the imierration of colored persons. The
O
bill will probably pass. The mining news
is very favorable.
OREGON.
It was generally thought that the people
of Oregon wiH adopt a State form of Gov
ernment and a constitution prohibiting
slavery.
UTAH.
A report was prevalent at Carson Valley
that Brigham Young would be compelled to
flee from Salt Luke to save himself from the
fury of his flock.
Southern Baptist Convention. This
body assembled at Louisville on 8th inst.,
and chose the Rev. Dr. Howell, of Va.,
president, the Rev. J. B. Jeter, of the same
State, first vice-president. Rev. Geo. B.
Taylor, of Maryland, is one of the secreta
ries. All the southern States are repre
sented, about one hundred and fifty dele
gates being present. They formerly co
operated with the Northern Baptists in all
benevolent objects, butthey withdrew sever
al years sice in consequence of the slavery
agitation. The foreign missions supported
by this body are all in China and Africa.
The amount collected for this object the
past vear is $3G,4G2 62. Present liabilities
$4,800.
Cattlk Starving. The Madison N. C,
News says that the great scarcity of food
for stock in that part of North Carolina has
caused an alarm never known before by the
oldest settlers. In one neighborhood some
twenty four head of cattle had died from
starvation: One gentleman lost five cows
himself, another three, and a great many
were losinir their stock daily for want of
food. The most trifling straw, either wheat,
oats or rye, cannot be had at any price.
Another citizen, in order to savee life
of a valuable milch cow, cut il
straw bed tick, and fed it away by piece
meals.
Famine is Finland. The latest accounts
from Russian Finland continue to give a
most distressing picture of the famine raging
in that unhappy country. In the districts
of Uleaborg, Wasa, and Kurpio alone, out
of a population of 657,000 souls, no less
than 250,000 have no other means of
subsistence than begging, or eating the
unpalatable bread made from the bark of
trees. The mortality is consequently very
great, and it is daily on the increase, as the
dreadful famine typhus has broken out
with great maliginity. The distress is such
that children have been seen who for want
of other food have actually eaten off their
own fingers. Liberal contributions have
been sent from Hamburg and Lubeck.
Upwards of $80,000 have been remitted
from Sweden, and as soon as the ice
disappears several vessels with corn and
Hour will be despatched to the relief of
the sufferers.
A Yolcaxo in "Georgia. In Walker
county, Ga., about 10 miles from the town
of Lafayette, a volcano has come to life in
Pigeon Mountain, which has been showing
signs of eruption since 1856. A letter in
the Augusta Chronicle says :
"About midnight on the 24th the earth
was violently aaitated several times. The
. . . . ftroUBed and
- "
terribly frightened by the commotion.
when observing the mountain they were
more tian eVcr terrified, for a brilliant light
ailll seen issaing from the summit,
u a 6tmn,lv im-
i nc b-j
pregnated with a disagreeable sulphuric
odor. On the following day a thick torrent
of smoke and ashes ascended from where
this lbdit was previously seen. This was
- -
perhaps owing to tho elements being cover
ed nt the time with a very dark cloud. No
, i,iazc l!as vet been seen to issue from the
, crater. It has continued about as above
described ever since, einuiin .siiiowe auu
t.:tz
Nq e ypt ventured uear enough to
. asoert&jB anything of its general depth.
Several springs in the vicinity have totally
j disappeared."
j grjiciOE OF A Ci.ert"vman. Rev. B. N.
; f th 1W,vterian churches
Newtown, and Pitts
Land-
r anticipate a , .q WorCPster co., Md-, committed sui
ench notice of . , Sntnrdav niirht. bv
j hito from the hurricane
JUf oui'ul - j
an;' stMmor Wilson Small. For
Ux.cn ' .. - -
several months before, Mr. McP. had been
in delicate health, and it was observed
1 nearly two weeks ago that his mind wander
ed. He was going to Baltimore, to get
medical aid. About 9 o'clock, while the
boat was between Annapolis and Sharp's
Island, Mr. McPhail arose from his seat
to leave the cabin. His son, who had not
slept but watched his father, started to fol
low, when he turned and in a kind tone,
said "Benny, don't you come, if you do
y -,u will never come back." The boy
alarmed, and fearful that his father would
do some injury resumed his seat without
rallinn-Mr. Morgan to follow. Mr. McPhail
then went to the hurricane deck, laid off his
hat and cloak and plunged into the bay.
His absence was not noticed for some time
after, and when a search was made for him
his hat and cloak were found.
flic 1'cjitct
LIVING WONDER OF THE AGE!
The Celebrated
AFRICAN TWINS
Just from Europe, will be exhibited in
Charlotte on Tuesday evening and for two
or three days following, at Springs' Hall.
Doors open at 74 o'clock.
May 19, 1857.
MARRIED,
In this town, on the eveuing of the 12th inst.,
bv Rev. D. Poenick, Mr Jas. V. Patton, Jr., of
Asbeville, to Miss Cornelia C, daughter of late
Rev. Cyras Johnson.
In Gaston county, on the 10th instant, by
Wesley Devenport, Esq, Mr Wm. C. Dunn to
Miss Margaret A., daughter of Mr Geo. A. Gray.
In Mecalenbnrg county, on tbe 30th ult., Mr
John G. A. Orr to Miss Matilda Monteith
In Johnston county, Dr. A. K. Dunn to Miss
Angeroua W. Hintou.
In Burke conntv, on the 5th inst., Mr Alex.
S. Greenlee to Miss Elizabeth C. Glass.
On the 5th instant, at the house of Johu Por
ter, sen.. Mr G. D. Brown of Wolfsville.N. C,
to Miss Mary P. Porter of Lancaster, S. C.
On the 7th inst., by the Rev. J. R. Pickett, J.
F. ReNard Esq., of Charleston, b. to Julia
B., daughter ot the late Brown Bryan, of t h raw.
DIED,
In this town on the 14th inst., ltrawley Oates,
son of C. E. & It. Lr Spratt, aged 2 years and
11 months
In Raleigh, on the 9ih inst, Mr Wm Stronach,
a worthy ami useiul citizen.
Tn ftnldshorousdi. on the 9th inst.. Dr. Dav id
C. Freeman, aged i7 years.
In Fayetteville, on the 9th instant, Mr E. C
Hall, merchant ot that town. ageO 4 yeais.
Hall was a consistent member of the Method 'ml
E. Church, exemplary in all the relations of hus
band, father, son, and citizen.
In Favett. Tille, on the 11th inst., Mr William
K. Wiley, . ldest son of the late Rev. Philip B
Wiley, aged 24 jean and 3 months.
In Mecklenburg county, near Charlotte, on
the 14th ult., Mrs Elizabeth M. tdwards, wile
of Andrew J . Edwards, in the 24th year ot her
age. The deceased had been for several years a
consistent member of the Associate Kefoimed
Church. During her last lingering illness her
powers of endurance were tested by severe bodi
ly sutferiug for several months, yet her faith and
confidence in the Saviour of sinners failed not.
When her hearing was almost gone and speaking
was painful, she would often quote the precious
invitation of the Saviour: " Come unto me all ye
that labor and are heavy laden and I will give
you rest," and often gave utterance to the ex
pression: "Christ is my only hope." Earnestly
longing to di part she finally fell asleep, leaving
hern iends to hope that with her "to die was
gain." CoH.
In Providence, Mecklenburg county, on the
5th ult., ot typhoid fever. J. J. Robinson, sou of
Win. P. Robinson, in the 21st year of his age.
True, it is that " in the midst of life we are in
death." How soli um is the thought of death,
and especially when a near and intimate com
panion is its victim. But yesterday blooming
ib health just on the green verge of manhood,
he now lies pale in death. The lair prospects of
life were laid out before him, upon which he was
just entering, when the unrelenting hand of the
King of Tenors led him away to his long and
silent home. Thus on the threshold of life, de
parted an estimable youth possessed of an open
and g'-nerous heart he secured the confidence
and esteem of all around him. His amiable tem
per and disposition rendered him an agreeable
companion. As ason he was devoted, affectionate
and kind; as a friend, constant, zealous and true.
"Hope- looks beyond the bounds of time,
. When what we now deplore,
Shall rise in full immortal prime,
And bloom to fade no more."
A Friend.
FASHION !
Fashion ! ! Fashion ! ! !
Well, Who Cares About Fashion ?
whi, ivsit mm.
AS A MATTER OF COURSE.
Well, Where do You get the Fashion?
Why, at
FULLINGS & CO.'S
EMPORIUM OF FASHION,
As Hundreds can testify who have been
there the past week and fitted themselves
out in
at less prices than nt any other house in the
State. Now kind reader if you want to
see. the neatest, prettiest, cheapest, most
fashionable and largest Stock of
Clotning
you ever saw call at FULLINGS & CO'S
EMPORIUM OF FASHION,
next door to the Mansion House. Charlotte.
N. C where one look will satisfy you that
it is the place for good and fashionable
Goods at low prices. We could go on and
tell you about the different styles of Gooos
on hand, but our Stock is so large, with
such a variety of styles that we will just
say to you all. come and take a look and
satisfy yourselves as our goods will he free
ly shown and prices given. We know it
has been a subject of great astonishment to
a great many how it was that we were ena
bled to sell such
Fashionable GOODS
at such
Very Low Prices.
Well, it is simply because we import our
own Goods, manufacture them ourselves
and sell them to our customers at the same
prices that other dealers pay for them in
Philadelphia or New York, and then we
give them an article better made anil
to give satisfaction or money reiurneu.
We return you our sincere thanks for the
liberal patronage bestowed upon us. and if
selling good and fashionable Goods at very
low prices will insure a continuance of the
same it shall be done at the EMPORIUM
OF FASHION by
FULLINGS 6l CO.,
Tkyon Street.
May 19, 1857. tf
Just Arrived,
A fresh lot of Oranges, Pine Apples, pine apple.
Cheese and English Dairy. Aibo, h lot of Fire
Works for the 2Uth May. ,i.
May 19. tf J. C MOORE.
. . m . . A
JSP Fur the Largest stock of Clothing
you ever saw go to the Emporium of Fash
ion of FULLINGS & CO.
White Sulphur Springs,
Catawba County, X. C,
Situated 50 miles North of Charlotte. 20
miles West of Statesville, a-id 25 miles
East of Morganton; at the foot of the
mountains and in a vicinity unsurpassed
for the salubritv of its air.
The Proi.rietor. Dr. E. O- ELLIOTT,
announces to the Public that his house is
again open, with every accommodation for
the reception of visitors.
The peculiar tonic, alterative and invig
orating properties of this waier, render it
invaluable in diseases of the Liver. Dys
pepsia, Chronic Diarrhoea, Nervous Debili
ty, Heartburn, Spinal Diseases, Incipient
Consumption. Scrofula, Eruptive Diseases,
and all cases of debility accompanied with
defective appetite and want of assimilation
sT Visitors can procure conveyances
from Newton to the Springs at all times.
May 19, 1857. 46-1 m
Fayetteville Observer copy 4 times and
forward bill to Newton.
For the Cheapest stock of Clothing
vou ever saw go to the Emporium of Fash
ion of FULLINGS & CO.
We are requested -to an
nounce WM. K. RE1I w
a candidate for re election
t the Office of Clerk of the County Court
of Mecklenburg. Election on tho first
Thursday in August.
A small parcel of Notes, which the owner can
have by calling on the snbkcrih. r and proving
the same. CHA8. TERRES.
Charlotte, May 15th, 1?C)T. It
For the Neatest stock of Clothing
vou ever saw go to the Emporium of Fash
ion of FULLtttaS & CO.
State of North C arolina,
MECKLENBURG COUNTY.
Superior Court of Late. Spring Term, 1957.
Ordered by Court that a Special Term
of the Superior Court of Law for Mecklen
burg County, be opened and held at th
Court House in Charlotte, on the FIRST
MONDAY in JUNE next.
Witness, J. P. KERR, Clerk.
N. B Suitors and witnesses will please
take notice, and attend at the above time
and place. J- B. K.. Cl'k.
May It. 1857. 4C3t
g- For the 1'iettiest stock of Clothing
vou ever saw go to the Emporium of Fiish
bn of Fl'LUNCS & CO.
EXECUTORS' NOTICE.
All nereoni indebted to the Estate of
A. 110YL, dee'd, whose Notes are over
due, must make payment by the 1st of
September next. All Notes due from tho
citizens of Gaston county, N. C and York
District, S. C. are in the hands of Thomas
UTier, to whom payment must be made.
Al other Notes are in the hands of W. P.
By r um.
Tliose having claims against the Estate,
will plvase file a written statement of the
same, Ivy 1st of September, with one of the
undersign -d.
W. P. BYNUM, I F ,
THOMAS CRIER. r'x
May 19, 1 e?57 4ti-3m
Yorkville Enquirer copy.
JT H E H A B K E T S;
CORRECTS!) WSCRV BY T. M- FARROW.
Charlotte, May 18, 1857.
BACON, Hams per lb
Hides "
" Hog round
Bagging, cotton, per yard...
Hctf, per lb
Butter, per lb
Basu ttj i , pel lb
Hums, per bushel
BRANDY, Apple per ft .
Peach "
COTTON, per Ib
COFFEE, per lb.. Rio
'. " Iifnha
m m Java
m " Mocha..
CANDLES, Adamantine --
Sperm
Tallow
Corw, per btwhel
Mtvl, per bushel
Chicken, each
CLOTH, Copperas
" Linsey
... 124 '3
.. . 114 to 12
.. . 124 to 124
20 to 00
... 4to7
. .. 15 to HO
... 20 to 22
.... 85tofMJ
f0 lo 00
... 7ft ts W
... 11 to 13
.... 13tol4
16 to 10
.... It to 20
0 to 22
Xi to :7
40 to ro
20 to 25
b7 to 00
66 to 90
124 to 15
12 to 15
86 to 90
124 to 00
J 25 to U 174
G 50 to G 75
y;t to 374
4 to G
124 to 13
5 to 6
Eggs- per dozen
Ft OCR, per 100 l!s --
41 per DM
Feathers, per lb
A r rings, per bbl
Eant, per lb -- -
Mutton, per lb
MOLASSES, Sugar House
I GO to 00
M Common
GO to
Yarn, bale 1 UO to 1 ro
Clorer Seed, per bushel 12 to 00
MmckepU, per bbl 10 to 24
SUQAR.Lomi 18 to 20
Brown 12 to 1G4
TVs, per lb 75 to 8 00
Salt, per sack 1 65 to 1 70
(hits, per bushel 50 to 00
Fori:, per lb 04 to 7
Peas, pT bushel 85 to 90
POTA TOES Irish, bushel ... .2 CO to 0 00
Northern per bushel. 2 00 to f) 00
Sweet, per busbel ..2 00 to 3 00
Wheat, per bushel 1 27 to 1 30
Whiskey, Western, per gal GO to 05
WOOL, washed 27 to 28
" unwashed 23 to 00
BEEF, on the hoof, per lb 5 to 00
by retail " 4 to 7
REMARKS. Coton is somewhat de
pressed the receipts have been light.
We note another slight advance in the
price of Corn. The receipts of Flour have
been fair, and we note a slight advance in
price. Trudo during the week has been
fair.
COLUMBIA MARKET, May 16.
The supply of Cotton is light, and the
demand fair, at prices ranging from 124 to
134, Baeon hams 15 to Itj, sides 14 to 15,
shoulders 11 to 124; Flour $7 to $8; Corn
SJ to $1- 05; Oats 88 to OS; Lard 15 to 1G;
Salt, per sack, .?! 5!) to $1 Ml.
DK. H. m PllITfUARD'S
DKlCi STORE
IS REMOVED to the Stand1 on the North
corner of Public Square, known as Irwin's Cor
ner, where he will be glad to see bis fricuds and
customers
May 11, 1857. 45-tf
AMBR0TVPE
Tin- public in n uptctfully informed that J. M.
LANCASTLKS
Ambrotype Gallery,
opposite J. T. &. 8. M. Blair's Grocery Store, in
Springs' new brick building, is now op.-n, where
a tiue colored Ambrotype can be procured at
hum To tent! to
Ladies and griitlcmcn are requited to call
and examine his Sp cinieijs, and have a Cikt -ness
tnken of th nm Iv.-h or childn u. Call arly,
as such an opportunity is seldem off. r d.
J. M. LANCASTER.
Charlotte, May 13, i
MISS ELIZABETH M. liOWERS,
Charlotte, A'. C,
Opposite the Post Office, will give lessons on tho
Piano Forte.
Tetms made known on application.
May 1-ftb. 1857. Wbig copy
PROVIDENCE ACADEMY,
12 Miles South of Charlotte.
THE ext-rcis of the sixteenth Session of
tbis School will bgin Divin-i Providence per
mitting) on the second Monday in June next.
Terms per Seton of 21 Week.
English Grammar, History, &c. flti 00
Classic and Mathematics, 12 50
Students will be charged from tbe day of.-n-trance
till the end of the session, without deduc
tion for lost time. ,r,.vVT.n.i
May 12, 1857.
DISSOLUTION.
The copartnership heretofore existing h. iw ren
Blair & Orr wa dissolved on the Jut of Februa
ry last, bv mntual consent. All those indebted
to us byHs or Book account will picas nil
and uav up as long'-r indulgence cannot be rfv
ana pa t - e ni.Aiw
en
4. .
May 3th, 1857.
M. M. 01U.